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Number of infants who die before age 1 in Guinea

Guinea: Number of infants who die before age 1 was 31,850 deaths in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
31,850 deaths
Change on year
down 1.3%
World rank
28th
of 236 countries
All-time high
40,893 deaths
in 1994
All-time low
23,844 deaths
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Number of infants who die before age 1 in Guinea, 1950–2023

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Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths.

Analysis

The most recent figure for number of infants who die before age 1 in Guinea is 31,850 deaths, measured in 2023.

That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of infants who die before age 1 in Guinea peaked at 40,893 deaths in 1994 and was at its lowest, 23,844 deaths, in 1950.

Guinea ranks 28th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Number of infants who die before age 1 in Guinea, year by year

Year deaths Change
1950 23,844 deaths —
1951 24,445 deaths +2.5%
1952 24,861 deaths +1.7%
1953 25,287 deaths +1.7%
1954 25,711 deaths +1.7%
1955 26,119 deaths +1.6%
1956 26,517 deaths +1.5%
1957 26,909 deaths +1.5%
1958 27,299 deaths +1.4%
1959 27,686 deaths +1.4%
1960 28,071 deaths +1.4%
1961 28,455 deaths +1.4%
1962 28,837 deaths +1.3%
1963 29,221 deaths +1.3%
1964 29,609 deaths +1.3%
1965 30,005 deaths +1.3%
1966 30,409 deaths +1.3%
1967 30,821 deaths +1.4%
1968 31,244 deaths +1.4%
1969 31,679 deaths +1.4%
1970 32,119 deaths +1.4%
1971 32,535 deaths +1.3%
1972 32,920 deaths +1.2%
1973 33,275 deaths +1.1%
1974 33,579 deaths +0.9%
1975 33,846 deaths +0.8%
1976 34,092 deaths +0.7%
1977 34,371 deaths +0.8%
1978 34,606 deaths +0.7%
1979 34,834 deaths +0.7%
1980 35,088 deaths +0.7%
1981 35,348 deaths +0.7%
1982 35,755 deaths +1.2%
1983 36,157 deaths +1.1%
1984 36,518 deaths +1.0%
1985 37,011 deaths +1.4%
1986 37,540 deaths +1.4%
1987 38,072 deaths +1.4%
1988 38,516 deaths +1.2%
1989 38,834 deaths +0.8%
1990 39,053 deaths +0.6%
1991 40,100 deaths +2.7%
1992 40,768 deaths +1.7%
1993 40,762 deaths -0.0%
1994 40,893 deaths +0.3%
1995 40,400 deaths -1.2%
1996 40,179 deaths -0.5%
1997 39,806 deaths -0.9%
1998 38,661 deaths -2.9%
1999 37,791 deaths -2.3%
2000 37,023 deaths -2.0%
2001 36,042 deaths -2.6%
2002 34,885 deaths -3.2%
2003 34,269 deaths -1.8%
2004 33,986 deaths -0.8%
2005 33,884 deaths -0.3%
2006 33,762 deaths -0.4%
2007 33,711 deaths -0.2%
2008 33,700 deaths -0.0%
2009 33,783 deaths +0.2%
2010 33,802 deaths +0.1%
2011 33,728 deaths -0.2%
2012 33,647 deaths -0.2%
2013 33,640 deaths -0.0%
2014 33,793 deaths +0.5%
2015 33,874 deaths +0.2%
2016 33,761 deaths -0.3%
2017 33,627 deaths -0.4%
2018 33,379 deaths -0.7%
2019 33,212 deaths -0.5%
2020 33,024 deaths -0.6%
2021 32,689 deaths -1.0%
2022 32,256 deaths -1.3%
2023 31,850 deaths -1.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 25,868 deaths 23,844 deaths 27,686 deaths 10
1960s 29,835 deaths 28,071 deaths 31,679 deaths 10
1970s 33,618 deaths 32,119 deaths 34,834 deaths 10
1980s 36,884 deaths 35,088 deaths 38,834 deaths 10
1990s 39,841 deaths 37,791 deaths 40,893 deaths 10
2000s 34,504 deaths 33,700 deaths 37,023 deaths 10
2010s 33,646 deaths 33,212 deaths 33,874 deaths 10
2020s 32,455 deaths 31,850 deaths 33,024 deaths 4

Countries ranked near Guinea

  1. 25 Burkina Faso 38,057 deaths compare
  2. 26 Egypt 34,963 deaths compare
  3. 27 South Africa 33,080 deaths compare
  4. 29 Brazil 31,406 deaths compare
  5. 30 Myanmar 28,751 deaths compare
  6. 31 Ghana 27,253 deaths compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of infants who die before age 1 in Guinea?
Number of infants who die before age 1 in Guinea was 31,850 deaths in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest number of infants who die before age 1 recorded in Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 40,893 deaths in 1994.
What is the lowest number of infants who die before age 1 recorded in Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 23,844 deaths in 1950.
How does Guinea rank for number of infants who die before age 1?
Guinea ranks 28th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is number of infants who die before age 1 rising or falling in Guinea?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Guinea data come from?
The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Number of infants who die before age 1. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Number of infants who die before age 1
Unit
deaths
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
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Number of deaths in a calendar year. This only includes people at birth.